try-out

try-out
`try-,out noun count usually plural AMERICAN
a test for someone who wants to become a member of a team or wants to get a part in a play or movie
a. a test to see what someone or something is like or whether they are appropriate or effective

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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  • Try out — Try out, v. i. to compete for a postition, as on a sports team or in a theatrical presentation. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Try out — Try out, v. t. to use (something not previously used) to determine its fitness for a particular purpose; also, to attempt (a deed) to determine if it will accomplish a particular purpose. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • try out — {v. phr.} 1. To test by trial or by experimenting. * /He tried golf out to see if he would like it./ * /The scientists tried out thousands of chemicals before they found the right one./ * /The coach wants to try the new play out in the first game …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • try out — {v. phr.} 1. To test by trial or by experimenting. * /He tried golf out to see if he would like it./ * /The scientists tried out thousands of chemicals before they found the right one./ * /The coach wants to try the new play out in the first game …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • try out — verb a) To test something in order to see if it works. If you want to play varsity, youll have to try out for the team. b) To undergo a test before being selected; to audition. Were trying out for the parts of Romeo and Juliet …   Wiktionary

  • try out — intransitive verb Date: 1909 to compete for a position especially on an athletic team or for a part in a play …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Marvel Try-out Book — The Official Marvel Comics Try Out Book Cover for the original 1983 edition, showing the various stages of comic book creation, from pencils, to inks, to colors. Publisher Marvel Comics …   Wikipedia

  • The Try Out — Infobox Film name = The Try Out image size = caption = director = Bobby Burns Walter Stull producer = Louis Burstein writer = narrator = starring = Walter Stull music = cinematography = editing = distributor = released = 25 August, 1916 runtime …   Wikipedia

  • try out one's own chops — verb To produce ones own records with ones own vocals …   Wiktionary

  • Try — Try, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {tried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Trying}.] [OE. trien to select, pick out, F. trier to cull, to out, LL. tritare to triturate (hence the sense of, to thresh, to separate the grain from the straw, to select), L. terere, tritum,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Out of My Mind — may refer to: Music Out of My Mind (Duran Duran song) Out of My Mind (Lasgo song) Out of My Mind (WhoCares song) Out of My Mind , a song by Buffalo Springfield from Buffalo Springfield Out of My Mind , a song by James Blunt from Back to Bedlam… …   Wikipedia

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